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Geography Teachers And Students Perception Of Factors Affecting Students Performance In Geography Examination
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Secondary education is defined as
“education beyond the elementary grades or primary schoolâ€, it could
also be said as the education provided by a high school or college
preparatory school. In the 6-3-3-4 system, the emphasis for us here is
of the second -3- level, which is the senior secondary level, in which
geography is offered or taken during the 3 years duration. The subjects
in the senior secondary are Maths, English, a major Nigerian language
and other electives depending on the students area of interest or
department (commercial, arts and sciences), in which geography is
included.
According to the National Policy on Education (N.P.E, 2004:7a), one of the national objectives states.
“The training of the mind and understanding of the world around usâ€.
Therefore, it is believed that perhaps geography as a school subject can achieve this stated objective.
Geography
is the physical – social science which describes, maps, and seeks to
explain the inter-relationship between man and his physical environs.
On the one hand, it deals with the natural setting or physical environs
in which man live (some of the elements of the physical environs are the
surface or the topography of the earth, soil, rocks and minerals
climate, land and water bodies, native plant and animal life, and
location on the earth’s surface).
From the afore mentioned it can be
seen that the teaching and learning of Geography as a subject is
alsobeing influenced by various factors in secondary schools and is
faced with diverse problems. These factors could be external factors,
cultural, social, political and economic etc which operate
differentially from place to place and from time to time, which are
relative and not absolute. Specifically, some of these factors include:
inadequate staffing, lack of suitable texts, unqualified teachers,
shortage of qualified teachers, lack of fund to schools, poor students
perception of the subject and poor methods of teaching amongst others.
1.2 Statement of problem
Despite
the nature and importance of geography to the society, there is still a
persistent worrisome poor performance of students in geography. For
this reason, this study attempts to identify the factors affecting
students’ performance in geography examinations in Nigerian secondary
schools.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The summary of this finding is on teachers and students perception of factors affecting students performance in Geography Examinations. The study has been able to identify the three hypotheses statement that were tested and rejected using chi-square methods of statistics. Hence, the three hypotheses were rejected. The three hypotheses identified the teachers and students perception of factors affecting students performance in Geography Examinations. The findings showed that m ... Continue reading---
